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EnvelopeEntry/Object ID
20.18.15 eDescription
Envelope for Letter Addressed to Amanda C. Conner. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 5". Description: white envelope postmarked Northfield, March 13; green 3 cent stamp on upper left corner; hand written in blue ink on front, "Miss Amanda C. Conner, Blooming Grove, Minnesota"; record for matching letter is #20.18.15 d.Context
Miss Amanda C. Conner of Blooming Grove and James Wilson (J.W.) Cleland were married October 3, 1877. Amanda was born September 11, 1852, in Indiana, and came to Waseca County with her parents in 1856.
Mother Sarah Lilly Conner moved with her husband and family to South Dakota in 1883. She died there in 1900.
Amanda's husband, J. W. Cleland was born September 27, 1847 in Delaware County, NY., and was one of nine children born to Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Cleland. He came West with his family in 1863. He carried on the homestead farm until 1885, when the place was sold and he purchased a small farm on the west shore of Clear Lake, near Waseca.
J. W. was stricken by paralysis while working about a threshing machine. He never recovered from the stroke and died after a very prolonged illness, July 15, 1903.Lexicon
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Written Communication T&ENomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for CommunicationCreate Date
March 13, 2019Update Date
September 19, 2024